IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THUG MISSES SERIES, THEN PLEASE DO SO BEFORE READING THIS!
Bella and Ivy are all grown up and embarking on a crazy journey of their own.
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Ivy Booker
I sat in the bathroom, staring into the medicine cabinet, contemplating on if I wanted to pop a ton of pills and end my life; not caring who or what I leave behind. I mean...why shouldn't I do it? It's not like anybody would care, with the exception of my siblings and cousins. My parents, on the other hand, probably wouldn't care, seeing as how angry they are at me. I could care less about my mom, but my dad...that's a different story. I have never seen him so angry and now things have gotten so bad that I have to go and stay with Bella's parents until things calm down. I reached up and grabbed the pill body marked "HYDROXZINE" opening it up and looking inside.
"Hey Ivy? Are you ready to go?" I heard my stepmom ask, knocking on the bathroom door.
"Yeah, I'll be right down." I said, shoving the pill bottle into my pocket. I walked out of the bathroom and into my bedroom, retrieving my bags and heading downstairs to meet my stepmom; who was waiting for me by the door.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yeah. I think it'll be better for everyone if I just...disappear for awhile."
"Come sit down." She said, as we both sat down on the couch. "I know things are messed up right now and if I'm being honest...I'm ashamed at how childish your dad is acting towards you. It's one thing to be angry at something as small as finding out that our seventeen year old daughter is having unprotected sex and could've possibly been pregnant, but it's also another thing to completely shut you out of his life. We were seventeen once and if I'm being honest...your dad started having sex around fifteen."
"I don't want to picture my dad having sex at fifteen, or...at all." I murmured, scrunching up my face.
"I know, I know, but I'm just stating the obvious. If it were TJ having sex then he would've probably thrown a party just to celebrate his only son being sexually active." She wasn't lying. My dad and I had a really close relationship, along with him and Sariyah, but we both knew that TJ was his favorite child. "Hey...things will get better."
"Doesn't feel that way."
"It may not feel like it, but I promise you it will be." She wrapped her arm around me and hugged me tight, making me feel better about everything that was going on. "Now the situation with your mama...that's a different story. I hate to talk bad about her, but that woman there...ohhhh chile, I wanna smack that hoe!"
"You and me both." I laughed. "I know this may seem like a silly question, but how is it that you two have been together for a really long time, but he conceived me with another woman?" She laughed a little, running her hands through my hair.
"Your dad was a little thot back in the day. He cheated on me with multiple women and unfortunately....your mom was one of those women. When he told me that he got her pregnant, I was so hurt and I ended up leaving him but I could never really get away from him. Your auntie is my best friend and whenever she was around, he came around, and it made things impossible to not get drawn back into his charm and thuggish demeanor. On top of that, I was still in love with him so after we both stopped playing games, me especially, we finally decided to get back together. You were already born and your parents had the best co-parenting relationship that I had ever seen, and there was no doubt in my mind that they loved and adored you." I smiled a little, wishing that we could all go back to that simpler time.
"Now I feel bad." I murmured. "You have to be around a constant reminder of my dad's infidelities. I guess me staying with Aunt Talia is best for everybody then." I stood up, only to be grabbed and pulled back down, as she grabbed my face and forced me to look at her.
"You listen to me...regardless on all the bullshit your dad put me through, the love I have for you will never change. From the moment I met you when you were a baby, I was in love with your cute self, and I vowed to always love and treat you as if you were my own. Don't ever think that I don't love you any less, do you understand me?" She said, wiping the falling tears from my eyes. I nodded my head, laying my head on her shoulder, as I started to cry. I was tired of crying and feeling sorry for myself, especially when I really didn't do anything wrong; aside from putting my hands on my mom and running off and missing for under twelve hours. I made my bed and I was just going to have to lie in it, no matter how painful it was.
*
After the talk I had with my stepmom, I was starting to feel a little bit better, but I was still sticking with my decision to stay with my aunt and uncle for a few days. Maybe some time apart will be good for both me and my dad, despite TJ and Sariyah thinking otherwise. They felt like I should stay and try to work things out with him, but he refuses to speak to me or even look my way. I get that he's still upset, but the way he was going about it was childish and very hurtful.
"Are you okay?" Bella asked me, as we laid side by side, working on homework. Since I haven't really been to school, I had a ton of makeup work to do and it was killing me.
"Yeah I'm fine." I assured her. She closed her book and rolled over on her side, looking at me. "What?"
"I had a talk with Tay today."
"Seriously? About what?"
"I wanted to know why he was avoiding you." She said.
"Bella, you shouldn't have done that." I huffed, shaking my head. I swear...she can never mind her own damn business. I understand that her heart is in the right place, but at the same time...she should really stay out of my personal business.
"I know I shouldn't have, but I did anyways." I sighed heavily and closed my book, bringing my hands up so I could massage my temples.
"Okay, what did ya'll talk about?"
"Well at first, he was being rude and I figured that I was coming on a little strong, but then again...I've always been like that. Anyways, we apologized to one another and then he said that it wasn't good for you two to be together right now." She explained, turning to lay on her back.
"I wish you'd be still!" I said, following her motions. "But what does he mean it's not good for us to be together right now? What does that even mean?"
"The hell if I know. Gabe came up and interrupted the conversation before I had a chance to get an explanation." I stared up at the ceiling, trying to come up with every possible conclusion to what Tay meant by saying that it wasn't good for us to be together. Bella might've not gotten the answers, but I sure as hell will get them.
(I Didn't Realize How Boring Bella And Ivy's Teenage Life Was 😂😂😂 There Are Definitely Some Time Jumps Coming And Possibly A Part 2. I Haven't Thought About It Just Yet.)
